“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown“
-H.P Lovecraft

During a certain point in the game, you have to drop the Brain of Mensis down into a lightless abyss, to get a certain precious item, you have to drop down to the abyss and take it.

As i was descending down the elevator cage, things began to get darker and darker until the floor and the surrounding became pitch black;
After equipping the lantern, i began my exploration of the vast area, not knowing what would lie ahead…

Little by little, the lantern lighting each part of the horrendous thing, i encountered the Brain, just sitting there, eyeing me with all its glory.
At first, i couldn’t even begin to comprehend what i was looking at, a huge blob of meat with eyes and chains scattered about, and to top it all off, in the vast darkness of the pit.

I felt like i was losing my mind, i had to pause the game and just…stare at it for a few minutes. That’s when i realized this game is special. To intricately connect both gameplay and story telling, to weave the feeling of being helpless against the unknown and make the player himself feel it?

Bloodborne is one of the most special and scary games i have ever played, not because of what you can see, but because of what you can’t.

Eyes on the inside…